15 Feb 2011

First Encounter

The alien creature gazed at me through slanting eyes, black beady almond shaped things, with a blank and menacing stare that added nothing to its charm. It was impossible to tell whether the crinkled surface of its face was its own skin, or that of some breathing-apparatus-cum-hood, designed to keep it alive in our polluted atmosphere.
Its features reminded me of an owl, for the outer tips of its eye sockets resembled the ears of one of those majestic birds, and the white triangle of its forehead ended in a rounded snout, or possibly, beak, although it gave no sign of incorporating a mouth.
Atop its head, a short, cylindrical dome might have been either headgear, or part of its strange anatomy, and from time to time, laser beams spiralled upwards from the small openings in the domed apex. The lower part of its body disappeared into the blackness which surrounded it...
I stood still and waited for it to make the first move.

23 comments:

That was a fantastic take on the prompt. When I looked at the small image first I thought it looked a bit like a crystal devil, so I get completely where you are coming from. Really good descriptions. Scary and real.

Brilliant take. All I saw when I first looked at the picture were eyes - and dark ones at that! I was going to go down that road but just couldn't get it right. I'm glad I didn't persevere because there is no way I could have come up with anything near as good as this piece.